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+.\" Copyright (c) 2001-2003 The Open Group, All Rights Reserved 
+.TH "SHIFT" P 2003 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual"
+.\" shift 
+.SH NAME
+shift \- shift positional parameters
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.LP
+\fBshift\fP \fB[\fP\fIn\fP\fB]\fP
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.LP
+The positional parameters shall be shifted. Positional parameter 1
+shall be assigned the value of parameter (1+\fIn\fP),
+parameter 2 shall be assigned the value of parameter (2+\fIn\fP),
+and so on. The parameters represented by the numbers
+\fB"$#"\fP down to \fB"$#-n+1"\fP shall be unset, and the parameter
+\fB'#'\fP is updated to reflect the new number of
+positional parameters.
+.LP
+The value \fIn\fP shall be an unsigned decimal integer less than or
+equal to the value of the special parameter \fB'#'\fP .
+If \fIn\fP is not given, it shall be assumed to be 1. If \fIn\fP is
+0, the positional and special parameters are not changed.
+.SH OPTIONS
+.LP
+None.
+.SH OPERANDS
+.LP
+See the DESCRIPTION.
+.SH STDIN
+.LP
+Not used.
+.SH INPUT FILES
+.LP
+None.
+.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
+.LP
+None.
+.SH ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS
+.LP
+Default.
+.SH STDOUT
+.LP
+Not used.
+.SH STDERR
+.LP
+The standard error shall be used only for diagnostic messages.
+.SH OUTPUT FILES
+.LP
+None.
+.SH EXTENDED DESCRIPTION
+.LP
+None.
+.SH EXIT STATUS
+.LP
+The exit status is >0 if \fIn\fP>$#; otherwise, it is zero.
+.SH CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS
+.LP
+Default.
+.LP
+\fIThe following sections are informative.\fP
+.SH APPLICATION USAGE
+.LP
+None.
+.SH EXAMPLES
+.sp
+.RS
+.nf
+
+\fB$\fP \fBset a b c d e
+\fP\fB$\fP \fBshift 2
+\fP\fB$\fP \fBecho $*
+\fP\fBc d e\fP
+.fi
+.RE
+.SH RATIONALE
+.LP
+None.
+.SH FUTURE DIRECTIONS
+.LP
+None.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.LP
+\fISpecial Built-In Utilities\fP
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
+from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
+-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
+Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of
+Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the
+event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
+The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard
+is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at
+http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .